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G4 Dual 450 Gigabit HD Size Limit Question
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<blockquote data-quote="louishen" data-source="post: 651796" data-attributes="member: 40142"><p>Another alternative is to put a 120 gig drive in the G4 (near the upper limit it will recognise) and run the OS and apps off that</p><p></p><p>Avenger2SER rightly said that a SATA controller will give you bigger drives, I hope he can help but I could only find quite expensive mac compatible cards</p><p></p><p>A cheaper route is to install a cheap PCI USB 2 card and this will give you access to any size external USB drive. I have kept my smallish 80 gig internal drive but all my music and movies are on an external USB 2 500 gig drive.</p><p></p><p>But if Avenger2SER's advice points you to an affordable SATA solution - go with that</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="louishen, post: 651796, member: 40142"] Another alternative is to put a 120 gig drive in the G4 (near the upper limit it will recognise) and run the OS and apps off that Avenger2SER rightly said that a SATA controller will give you bigger drives, I hope he can help but I could only find quite expensive mac compatible cards A cheaper route is to install a cheap PCI USB 2 card and this will give you access to any size external USB drive. I have kept my smallish 80 gig internal drive but all my music and movies are on an external USB 2 500 gig drive. But if Avenger2SER's advice points you to an affordable SATA solution - go with that [/QUOTE]
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